Author: Julie Bradford

July 1, 2007 - Julie Bradford
When it comes to selecting restaurants, do you go with Michelin or Zagats? If you’re visiting New York, do you consult Eric Asimov or explore on-line? Do you insist that your wine pass muster with Robert Parker, or do you turn to the blogs?

March 1, 2006 - Julie Bradford
Few people can claim to have saved a beer style from extinction. But if the cloudy Belgian wheat beer called “wit” is now a staple of American brewers and brewpubs, and re-established in its homeland, Pierre Celis deserves much of the credit.

March 1, 2005 - Julie Bradford
For this anniversary issue, I decided to set aside the stack of new publications that have arrived, and instead contact the beer writers whose work I regularly read to ask them which books in their own beer libraries they open most often. Some responded with a short list; others wrote at length about the authors... View Article

March 1, 2004 - Julie Bradford
The All About Beer Magazine staff conducted blind tastings of 11 low-carb beers on the market. The tasters found striking differences between the samples. Although one taster confessed “All of these beers are just so thin, I can’t see myself drinking any,” three stood out for their balance and drinkability: interestingly, they were the three... View Article

March 1, 2004 - Julie Bradford
When it comes to spotting trends, I have a secret tool not available to big-time market forecasters. As the editor of All About Beer Magazine and its related website, I answer the random beer questions that web-surfers type into the ether. So, about four years ago, when the most common question from women correspondents switched... View Article

January 1, 2004 - Julie Bradford
For 75 years, we saw the New York stage through Al Hirschfeld’s eyes. His fluid pen-and-ink caricatures captured the essence of a performance with a style that was unmistakable: elegant, stylish, witty but never cruel. In the theatre pages of the New York Times, a Hirschfeld portrait was the mark of theatrical success.